Silverman, Kenneth

Kenneth Silverman, Ph.D. Professor Director, Center for Learning and Health Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Main Office Address Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center 5200 Eastern Avenue Mason F. Lord, Suite 142 West Baltimore, MD 21224 Phone: 410-550-2694 Fax: 410-550-7495 E-mail: ksilverm@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

The development and experimental evaluation of operant learning interventions to address the interrelated problems of poverty, unemployment and drug addiction

Selected Publications

Silverman K, Chutuape MA, Bigelow GE, Stitzer ML.  Voucher-based reinforcement of cocaine abstinence in treatment-resistant methadone patients: effects of reinforcement magnitude. Psychopharmacology. 1999; 146: 128-138.

Silverman K, Svikis D, Robles E, Stitzer ML, Bigelow GE. A reinforcement-based therapeutic workplace for the treatment of drug abuse: 6-month abstinence outcomes. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2001; 9: 14-23.

Silverman K, Svikis D, Wong CJ, Hampton J, Stitzer ML, Bigelow GE. A reinforcement-based therapeutic workplace for the treatment of drug abuse: 3-year abstinence outcomes. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2002; 10: 228-240.

Silverman K, Robles E, Mudric T, Bigelow GE, Stitzer ML. A randomized trial of long-term reinforcement of cocaine abstinence in methadone maintained injection drug users. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2004; 72: 839-854.

Silverman K. Exploring the limits and utility of operant conditioning in the treatment of drug addiction.  The Behavior Analyst. 2004; 27: 209-230.